A look at the nation from which both the United States and Canada sprang. Though Britons have freedom of religion, they also have an established church, which Henry VIII created in the 1530s after his break from the Pope.

Linda Woodhead, professor in the department of politics, philosophy and religion at Lancaster UniversityMatthew Engelke, professor in the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics

Britain: Can It Still Afford Hospital Chaplains?

Britain employs more than a thousand hospital chaplains, who do everything from pray at patients' bedsides to console grieving family members. Like other staff in Britain's free health care system, the National Health Service, their salaries are funded by taxpayers. But with more and more Britons claiming no religion and health care costs rising, the job of the venerable hospital chaplain may be in jeopardy.

Produced by Kim Normanton with series producer Jocelyn FrankPictured: Mark Burleigh, head of chaplaincy at Leicester University Hospitals.